The Ghana Service has revealed that it has detected the Covid-19 Delta variant in some communities across the country.
The service adds that it has recorded some 34 cases of the Delta variant in the said communities.
The Director-General of GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye who address the media on Sunday disclosed that the cases were recorded in communities in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions.
He told journalists that the a genome sequencing conducted by the University of Health and Allied Sciences, in July this year has shown that Ghana has recorded different variants of the virus.
The country he said has recorded 576 cases of Covid-19 of different variants.
They are Alpha (United Kingdom) – 429, Beta (South Africa) – 13, Gamma from Brazil – 1, and Delta Variant from India – 34.
He further disclosed that the Delta variant was detected in the Ghanaian community on July 1, 2021.
The first case was however recorded in Ghana in April 2021 at the Kotoka International Airport.
By June 22, 2021, six cases had been recorded and they were all detected at the port of entry, he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
